AP Literature Review Terms Flashcards
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| 9791902024 | Accent | the stressed portion of a word | 0 | |
| 9791905264 | allegory | an extended metaphor in prose or verse in which the characters, events, and settings represent abstract qualities and in which the writer intends a second meaning to be read beneath the surface story; the underlying meaning maybe be moral, religious, political, social, or satiric | 1 | |
| 9791936359 | Alliteration | the repetition of consonant words at the beginning of words | 2 | |
| 9791954485 | allusion | reference to another work or famous figure assumed to be well known enough to be recognized by the reader | 3 | |
| 9791968498 | anachronism | an event, object, custom, person, or thing that is out of order in time; some anachronisms are unintentional while some are used satirically | 4 | |
| 9791999399 | analogy | a comparison of two similar but different things in order to clarify a relationship | 5 | |
| 9792008481 | anecdote | a short, simple narrative of an incident | 6 | |
| 9792014017 | aphorism | a short, often witty statement of a principle or truth about life | 7 | |
| 9792022580 | apostrophe | a character calls out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person, or to a place, thing, or personified abstraction either to begin a poem, or to make a dramatic break in thought somewhere within the poem | 8 | |
| 9792046909 | aside | a brief speech or comment that an actor makes to the audience supposedly without being heard by the other actors on stage; used for melodramatic or comedic effect | 9 | |
| 9792061594 | assonance | the repetition of vowel sounds between different consonants "neigh/fade" | 10 | |
| 9792077310 | ballad | a long narrative poem that presents a single dramatic episode, which is often tragic or violent; two types | 11 | |
| 9792090956 | folk ballad | one of the earliest forms of literature; usually sung or passed down orally from singer to singer | 12 | |
| 9792104272 | literary ballad | also called an art ballad; imitates the form and spirit of the folk ballad but is more polished and uses a higher level of poetic diction | 13 | |
| 9792119208 | blank verse poetry | written in unrhymed iambic pentameter; Shakespeare frequently used it in his works | 14 | |
| 9792129982 | burlesque | broad parody; will take an entire style or form, such as pastoral poetry, and exaggerate it into ridiculousness whereas just a normal parody makes fun of a specific work | 15 | |
| 9792159341 | cacophony | harsh, awkward, or dissonant sounds used deliberately in poetry or prose | 16 | |
| 9792166348 | caricature | descriptive writing that greatly exaggerates a specific feature of appearance or facet of personality | 17 | |
| 9792176718 | catharsis | the emotional release that an audience member experiences as a result of watching a tragedy | 18 | |
| 9792185262 | chorus | in Greek drama, a group of characters who comments on the actions taking place on stage | 19 | |
| 9792193851 | classicism | the principles and styles admired in the classics of Greek and Roman literature, such as objectivity, sensibility, restraint, and formality | 20 | |
| 9792213716 | colloqualism | a word or phrase used in everyday conversation or informal writing that is sometimes inappropriate in formal writing | 21 | |
| 9792241428 | consonance | the repetition of identical consonant sounds before and after different vowel sounds, such as "boost/best" also can be seen in several compound words such as "fulfill/ping-pong" | 22 | |
| 9792266030 | periodic sentence | a sentence that is not grammatically complete until its last phrase: "Despite Glenn's hatred of his sister's laziness and noisy eating habits, he still cared for her." | 23 | |
| 9792282764 | personification | the attribution of human qualities to a nonhuman or an inanimate object | 24 | |
| 9792292456 | persuasion | one of the four modes of discourse; language intended to convince through appeals to reason or logic; also called argument | 25 | |
| 9792310062 | Petrarchan sonnet | 26 | ||
| 9792233032 | conceit | an elaborate figure of speech in which dissimilar things or situations are compared | 27 | |
| 9792816049 | conundrum | a riddle whose answer is or involves a pun; may also be a paradox or difficult problem | 28 | |
| 9793200616 | description | the picturing in words of something or someone through detailed observation of color, sound, taste, smell, and touch; one of the modes of discourse | 29 | |
| 9793213301 | diction | word choice; also called syntax | 30 | |
| 9793216776 | discourse | spoken or written language, including literary works; the four traditionally classified modes of discourse are description, exposition, narration, and persuasion | 31 | |
| 9793239122 | dissonance | the grating of sounds that are harsh or do not go together | 32 | |
| 9793246198 | elegy | a formal poem focused on death or mortality; usually begins with the recent death of a particular person | 33 | |
| 9793254434 | end rhyme | a rhyme that comes at the end of lines of poetry | 34 | |
| 9793260332 | epic | a long narrative poem about a serious or profound subject in a dignified style; usually featuring heroic characters and deeds important in legends. ex: Iliad and Odyssey | 35 | |
| 9793279224 | epigram | a concise, witty saying in poetry or prose that either stands alone or is part of a larger work; may also refer to a short poem of this type | 36 | |
| 9793294348 | euphony | a succession of harmonious sounds used in poetry or prose | 37 | |
| 9793300411 | exemplum | a brief tale used in medieval times to illustrate a sermon or teach a lesson | 38 | |
| 9793313257 | exposition | the immediate revelation to the audience of the setting and other background info necessary for understanding the plot | 39 |
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| 11136914584 | raze | (v.) to tear down, destroy completely; to cut or scrape off or out | 0 | |
| 11136920407 | reticent | silent; reserved | 1 | |
| 11136922826 | retort | To respond critically or sarcastically | 2 | |
| 11136926032 | subvert | overturn or overthrow from the foundation; undermine | 3 | |
| 11136931906 | tractable | (adj.) easily managed, easy to deal with; easily wrought, malleable | 4 | |
| 11136935764 | Assonance | Repetition of a vowel sound within two or more words in close proximity | 5 | |
| 11136943680 | Asyndeton | the omission or absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence. | 6 | |
| 11136947468 | attitude | A person's consistently favorable or unfavorable evaluations, feelings, and tendencies toward an object or idea | 7 | |
| 11136949789 | Ballad | A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas | 8 | |
| 11136953677 | ballad stanza | a four-line stanza in iambic meter in which the first and third unrhymed lines have four metrical feet and the second and fourth rhyming lines have three metrical feet. | 9 |
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| 10919777757 | alliteration | The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. | 0 | |
| 10919777758 | Allusion | An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference | 1 | |
| 10919777759 | Anadiplosis | Repetition of the last word of a preceding clause. The word is used at the end of a sentence and then used again at the beginning of the next sentence. | 2 | |
| 10919777760 | Anagnorisis | A moment in a play or other work when a character makes a critical discovery. Literally means recognition in Greek context. | 3 | |
| 10919777761 | Anaphora | The repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses. | 4 | |
| 10919777762 | Antistrophe | The second section of an ancient Greek choral ode or at the division of it... When the chorus walks from stage left to stage right. | 5 | |
| 10919777763 | Apostrophe | An exclamatory passage in a speech or poem addressed to a person (not present), or thing (typically personified) | 6 | |
| 10919777764 | Appositive | An identifying element that helps give a brief description of the person | 7 | |
| 10919777765 | Assonance | The repetition of the sound of a vowel in nonrhyming stressed syllables | 8 | |
| 10919777766 | Asyndeton | The absence of a conjunction between parts of a sentence | 9 | |
| 10919777767 | Catachresis | The use of a word in a way that is not correct, for example. | 10 | |
| 10919777768 | Catharsis | Purging through drama, the feeling of relief one feels after leaving a tragic play | 11 | |
| 10919777769 | Chiasmus | Words, grammatical constructions, or concepts repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form | 12 | |
| 10919777770 | Cothurni | A grave and elevated style of acting | 13 | |
| 10919777771 | dramatic-irony | A literary technique in which the full significance of a character's words or actions are clear to the audience, but are unknown to the reader. | 14 | |
| 10919777772 | epistrophe | The repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences. | 15 | |
| 10919777773 | Epithet | A descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned. | 16 | |
| 10919777774 | Epizeuxis | The repetition of a word or phrase in immediate succession, typically within the same sentence for emphasis. | 17 | |
| 10919777775 | Epode | The third section of an ancient Greek choral ode, or of one division of such an ode | 18 | |
| 10919777776 | eponym | a disease, structure, operation, or procedure named for the person who discovered or described it first | 19 | |
| 10919777777 | Exodus | A mass departure of people | 20 | |
| 10919777778 | Foreshadowing | An indication of a future event | 21 | |
| 10919777779 | Hamartia | A fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine. | 22 | |
| 10919777780 | Hubris | Excessive pride or self-confidence | 23 | |
| 10919777781 | Hyperbaton | An inversion of the normal order of words, especially for the sake of emphasis | 24 | |
| 10919777782 | Hyperbole | An exaggerated statement or claim not meant to be taken literally | 25 | |
| 10919777783 | Hypophora | A figure of speech in which the speaker poses a question and then answers the question. | 26 | |
| 10919777784 | Metaphor | A comparison between two things without using "like" or "as" | 27 | |
| 10919777785 | orchestra | The semicircular space in front of an ancient Greek theater stage where the chorus danced and sang | 28 | |
| 10919777786 | paean | A song of praise or triumph | 29 | |
| 10919777788 | Parallelism | The use of successive verbal constructions in poetry or prose which correspond in grammatical structure, sound, meter, meaning, etc. | 30 | |
| 10919777787 | Parados | An elevation of earth behind a fortified place as a protection against attack from the rear, especially a mound along the back of a trench. | 31 | |
| 10919777789 | Pathos | A quality that evokes pity or sadness | 32 | |
| 10919777790 | Peripeteia | A sudden reversal of fortune or change in circumstances | 33 | |
| 10919777791 | Personae | The aspect of someone's character that is presented to or perceived by others | 34 | |
| 10919777792 | Personification | Giving an attribute of personal nature or human characteristics to something non human. | 35 | |
| 10919777793 | Pleonasm | The use of more words than are necessary to convey meaning | 36 | |
| 10919777794 | Polysyndeton | The deliberate insertion of conjunctions into a sentence for the purpose of slowing up the rhythm | 37 | |
| 10919777795 | Prologue | A separate introductory section of a literary or musical work. | 38 | |
| 10919777796 | rhetorical question | A question asked in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer. | 39 | |
| 10919777797 | sententia | Brief moral sayings, such as proverbs, taken from another source. | 40 | |
| 10919777798 | Simile | A comparison using the terms "like" and "as" | 41 | |
| 10919777799 | situational irony | Irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended....therefore the outcome is contrary to what was expected. | 42 | |
| 10919777800 | Skene | The structure at the back of the theater stage. | 43 | |
| 10919777801 | Strophe | The first section of an ancient Greek choral ode or of one division of it. | 44 | |
| 10919777802 | Synecdoche | A part is made to represent the whole or vice versa | 45 | |
| 10919777804 | Understatement | The presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is | 46 | |
| 10919777805 | verbal irony | Essentially Sarcasm in that one says the complete opposite of what they are actually thinking in order to generate a false response. | 47 | |
| 10919777806 | Zeugma | A figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses or to two others of which it semantically suits only one | 48 |
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| 10565627625 | Four major themes | - human nature - the nature of society - human freedom - ethics | 0 | |
| 10565634285 | Human Nature | one of the four major themes -are we good? -are we flawed? -is there hope for us? -how? why? | 1 | |
| 10565644643 | The Nature of Society | one of the four major themes - what kind of society is represented? (life enhancing or destroying) -is there conflict with society? -character wants to escape, conform, or reform the society? -causes of this society? | 2 | |
| 10565663668 | Human Freedom | one of the four major themes -are the charaters free? -is there a higher power? -does environment or social class dictate life? -what is freedom? -is life random or is there a grand scheme? | 3 | |
| 10565678562 | Ethics | one of the four major themes -what are the moral conflicts in the story? -are wrong and right defined or subjective? -is one of these conflicts present: Right vs. Wrong, Right vs Right, Wrong vs Right, or Wrong vs Wrong? | 4 | |
| 10565696246 | Sign | an object/picture/word which signifies something other than itself (has no deeper meaning than to represent) | 5 | |
| 10565704293 | Symbol | an object/place/character/event that represents something other than itself -built upon cultural/archetypal associations -meaning supported by context -readers/writers has control associations -some have multiple meanings -must be established in work | 6 | |
| 10565729373 | Symbols can be found in... | -title of work -character names -recurring motifs -objects may carry weight significance -places/events -connotation | 7 | |
| 10565741400 | Archetypes | a symbol that transcends time and culture | 8 | |
| 10565745195 | Collective Unconscious | -hypothesized by Carl Jung -"a reservoir of the experience of our species" -humans have common expirances creating common images -similar to instincts but physiological | 9 | |
| 10565774295 | Archetypes appear in... | -myth/legend/fairy tale -dreams -visual art -literature -religion -movies | 10 | |
| 10565783200 | Archetypes in Literature | -images (tree) -theme (loss of innocence) -symbol (a circle) -characters (wise man/woman) -plot pattern (hero cycle) -setting (eden) | 11 | |
| 10565800351 | Paths | archetypal setting representing journey of life | 12 | |
| 10565804667 | Cross roads | Archetypal setting representing decisions, realizations, or a change on course | 13 | |
| 10565812785 | Oceans/Space | Archetypal setting representing the unknown | 14 | |
| 10565821177 | Maze | Archetypal setting representing uncertainty (may contain a monster representing one's dark side) | 15 | |
| 10565828680 | Threshold | Archetypal setting representing a gateway to a new world or change | 16 | |
| 10565837786 | The Underworld | Archetypal setting representing death, projection of subconscious (ascent from underworld=rebirth/knowledge) | 17 | |
| 10565846569 | Fog | Archetypal setting representing uncertainty | 18 | |
| 10565850650 | Bridge | Archetypal setting representing that if it is crossed there may be no turning back | 19 | |
| 10565856526 | Forest | Archetypal setting representing subconscious fear and hope | 20 | |
| 10585346290 | Tower | Archetypal setting representing isolation from the world | 21 | |
| 10585348856 | Fire | Archetypal object representing creation/destruction | 22 | |
| 10585356825 | Archetypal settings | -paths -crossroads -oceans/space -the maze -threshold -underworld -fog -bridge -forest -tower | 23 | |
| 10585365949 | Ice | archetypal object representing death or lack of emotion | 24 | |
| 10585371273 | Tailsman | archetypal object representing a charm used for protection | 25 | |
| 10585373742 | Water | archetypal object representing birth,rebirth, and baptism | 26 | |
| 10585378928 | Archetypal Characters | -hero -anti hero -gothic hero -outcast -scap goat -unbalanced hero -the other -the mentor -the shadow -damsel in distress | 27 | |
| 10585378929 | Hero | hero cycle | 28 | |
| 10585382920 | anti-hero | opposes norms of society | 29 | |
| 10585384747 | scapgoat | hero that suffers for others | 30 | |
| 10585387964 | gothic hero | hero with a dark side | 31 | |
| 10585389794 | unbalanced hero | mentally unstable hero | 32 | |
| 10585391422 | the other | unable to fit into society | 33 | |
| 10585393257 | the mentor | wiser teacher/animal | 34 | |
| 10585394606 | the shadow | darker opposite of hero | 35 | |
| 10585398573 | the outcast | banished and destined to wander | 36 | |
| 10585400529 | damsel in distress | vulnerable woman who needs to be rescued (somethimes a trap) | 37 | |
| 10585405722 | Archetypal Journey | the quest for... -identity -promise land -vengeance -protection for ones people -love -knowledge the fools errand the grail quest (human perfection) | 38 | |
| 10585504872 | Poetry | literary expression characterized by particular attention to rhythm, sound and the concentrated, concrete, use of language | 39 | |
| 10585513165 | narrative poem | tells a story -Ballad -Epic | 40 | |
| 10585517017 | Ballad | song-like poem that tells a story | 41 | |
| 10585520088 | Epic | poem that tells a story where the hero embodies the values of a culture | 42 | |
| 10585524285 | Dramatic poem | makes use of the conventions of drama -dramatic monologue -dramatic dialogue | 43 | |
| 10585532906 | Dramatic monologue | imaginary characters speaks to listener (soliloquy) | 44 | |
| 10585536795 | Dramatic Dialogue | two speakers converse with each other | 45 | |
| 10585538845 | Lyric Poem | a melodic poem that expresses the observations and feelings of a single speaker and focuses on a single unified effect -The Elegy -The ode -Sonnet | 46 | |
| 10585549667 | The Ode | -a long, formal lyric poem that treats noble/elevated subject in a dignified manner -often honors people, commemorates events, responds to nature, considers the aspect of human condition | 47 | |
| 10585546279 | The Elegy | a reflective poem that laments the loss of something or someone | 48 | |
| 10585561627 | Sonnet | -"little Song" -14 lines with traditional rhyme schemes -love is most common theme | 49 | |
| 10585586027 | Plot | the pattern that results from the events in the story and the order in which they are presented | 50 | |
| 10585591697 | traditional plot structure | 1. exposition 2. Conflict 3. rising action 4. climax 5. falling action 6. denouement | 51 | |
| 10585597933 | Exposition | -intro to characters/setting -the status quo +the state of things +character relationships +society +conflicts -by the end the status quo is restored or a new one is in place | 52 | |
| 10585616017 | Conflict | -most plots involve conflicts (internal or external) as the characters participate in actions -External: Person v. Person, Person v. Environment, Person v. Society, Person v. Supernatural -Internal: Person v. Themselves | 53 | |
| 10585635560 | Rising action | -may increase tension -may contain complications to initial conflict -introduce minor conflicts | 54 | |
| 10585641868 | Climax/Epiphany | - highest point of tension - protagonist makes decision for better or worse | 55 | |
| 10585645358 | Falling Action | - release of tension -elements become inevitable for better or worse | 56 | |
| 10585649120 | Denouement | -how the story ends -into to new status quo or old one in renewed | 57 | |
| 10588777959 | Characterization | the creation and development of a fictional character. | 58 | |
| 10588780252 | Fictional Characters are Developed through... | -description -thoughts -actions -direct statements from author -speeches -opinions voiced by other characters | 59 | |
| 10588785849 | Two Ways to Characterize | -direct characterization -indirect charaterization | 60 | |
| 10588787018 | direct characterization | the author directly tells the reader about the character | 61 | |
| 10588788482 | indirect characterization | the author shows rather than tells about the character though: -external descriptions (looks) -internal descriptions (thought, speech) -other character opinions | 62 | |
| 10588794401 | Character types | -round -flat -static -dynamic | 63 | |
| 10588799442 | round character | a complex character | 64 | |
| 10588799870 | flat character | a stereotypical character | 65 | |
| 10588800784 | static character | a characters who does not change through the course of the story | 66 | |
| 10588802254 | dynamic character | a character who changes because of events in the story | 67 | |
| 10588805181 | foil | a character in literature who shares similarities with another character but is different in a way that highlights aspects of the other character (always secondary character) | 68 | |
| 10588808638 | Protagonist | main character of narrative who tries to achieve some desire throughout the narrative | 69 | |
| 10588810541 | Antagonist | the character who works against the protagonist in the story | 70 | |
| 10588811240 | Character Arc | change of a character of the course of a story (x= progression of story y= change of character) | 71 | |
| 10588816613 | Motif | A recurring theme, subject or idea in a work of art | 72 | |
| 10588818062 | Stanza | A group of lines in a poem | 73 | |
| 10588818621 | Enjambment | the continuation of the sense and grammatical construction from one line of poetry to the next | 74 | |
| 10588820085 | Poetic Shift | within poetry, a dramatic change in the speaker's thoughts, tone, and/or message | 75 | |
| 10588821139 | concrete poetry | poetry that is visually arranged to represent a topic | 76 | |
| 10635034944 | metaphysical conceit | a complex comparison between two highly dissimilar things (startling comparison) | 77 | |
| 10635071527 | reasons for hero cycle | - historical undertaking - spiritual/religion - emptiness inside - horizon is too narrow | 78 | |
| 10635084496 | how the hero cycle starts | -carrier or destiny -great tree -wise woman/man/animal | 79 | |
| 10635051884 | departure (hero cycle) | when the hero ventures forth from the world of the common day into a region of supernatural wonder | 80 | |
| 10635091763 | Initiation (Hero cycle) | cycle inside cycle 1. challenge 2. flight 3. appearance of helper (leaves after hero is strong) 4. growth/prize | 81 | |
| 10635144078 | return (hero cycle) | the hero comes back from his journey with the power to bestow boons on his/her fellow man | 82 | |
| 10635167178 | end-stopped line | A line that ends with a natural speech pause, usually marked by punctuation | 83 | |
| 10635176528 | Line groupings | couplet-AA tercet-ABA quatrain-ABAB sestet-ABCABC octave-ABCDABCD | 84 | |
| 10635196973 | Scansion | Describing the rhythms of poetry by dividing the lines into feet, marking the locations of stressed and unstressed syllables, and counting the syllables | 85 | |
| 10635205531 | foot | a specific pattern of stressed/unstressed syllables | 86 | |
| 10635209343 | blank verse | un-rhymed iambic pentameter | 87 | |
| 10635213560 | rhythm | Pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry | 88 | |
| 10635219644 | meter | the number of feet in a line | 89 | |
| 10635230016 | Caesura | A natural pause or break in a line of poetry, usually near the middle of the line | 90 | |
| 10635232754 | unstressed syllable | U | 91 | |
| 10635232755 | stressed syllable | / | 92 | |
| 10635237604 | rhyme scheme | the pattern of rhyme in a poem (letters represent sound) | 93 | |
| 10680943150 | act | a major decision in a play -change in character, setting, time period -can break up play according to plot structure | 94 | |
| 10680954560 | scene | a minor division in a play -not broken up by plot structure | 95 | |
| 10680966623 | Soliloquy | A long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage | 96 | |
| 10680966624 | aside | a remark or passage by a character in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play (a glimpse into the characters thoughts) | 97 | |
| 11027703560 | Setting: Sensuous | a description of a physical place by using any of the five senses | 98 | |
| 11027744591 | Setting: Chronology | -timer period (historically) -time of the narrative (historicall) | 99 | |
| 11027744592 | Setting: Societal | the manners, customs, culture, and moral values that govern the historical time | 100 | |
| 11027749992 | Setting: Emotional | Normally created by the sensuous world of the piece of fiction. The emotional reaction the reader and the character have to the setting. | 101 | |
| 11027757074 | Point of View (POV) | the vantage point from which the author chooses to tell the story | 102 | |
| 11027757076 | Setting | The background against which the story takes place. | 103 | |
| 11027875983 | Chronological Arrangement | A= beginning Z=end A-Z Z-A-Y M-Z A-M G-R | 104 | |
| 11051063533 | Human Condition | the characteristics, key events, and situations which compose the essentials of human existence, such as birth, growth, emotionality, aspiration, conflict, and mortality | 105 | |
| 11051091406 | 5 branches of philosophy | -Metaphysics -Epistemology -Ethics -Politics -Aesthetics | 106 | |
| 11051094134 | Metaphysics | study of existence | 107 | |
| 11051098550 | Epistemology | -how do we know about existence? -epistemological crisis: we don't have a valid view of the universe so how can we make decisions? | 108 | |
| 11051118870 | Ethics | -how do we act in existence? -existential crisis: philosophy of hot to act in realist | 109 | |
| 11051132637 | Politics | ethics applied to a group of people | 110 | |
| 11051138151 | Aesthetics | -study of beauty and art -does beauty/art have a specific nature?, does it need to accomplish a goal? | 111 | |
| 11051155217 | Enlightenment vs. Romanticism | Enlightenment: -the mirror -observation -intellect -the world/nature is meant to be studied and known Romanticism: -the lamp -imagination -emotions -the world/nature is meant to be expiranced | 112 | |
| 11051184186 | Metaphor | A comparison without using like or as | 113 | |
| 11051184187 | Similie | A comparison using "like" or "as" | 114 | |
| 11051188233 | Metonym | A word that is used to stand for something else that it has attributes of or is associated with. | 115 | |
| 11051188234 | Synecdoche | a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa | 116 | |
| 11051190635 | Hyperbole | exaggeration | 117 | |
| 11051192919 | Understatment | the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is. | 118 | |
| 11051199734 | Personification | A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes | 119 | |
| 11051199735 | synesthasia | using one sense to describe another, for example "I could taste the color orange"; or "smelling the sound of the ocean waves" | 120 | |
| 11051204161 | Conceit | a fanciful, particularly clever extended metaphor (comparison) | 121 | |
| 11051207240 | metaphysical conceit | A type of simile which establishes a striking parallel between startlingly dissimilar things. | 122 | |
| 11090948768 | Oxymoron | A figure of speech that combines opposite or contradictory terms in a brief phrase. | 123 | |
| 11090948769 | Tone | Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character | 124 | |
| 11090955094 | iambic pentameter | a poetic meter that is made up of 5 stressed syllables each followed by an unstressed syllable | 125 | |
| 11090959571 | Rhyme | Repetition of sounds at the end of words | 126 | |
| 11090962319 | deus ex machina | In literature, the use of an artificial device or gimmick to solve a problem. | 127 | |
| 11090967864 | Bildungsroman | a novel dealing with one person's formative years or spiritual education. | 128 | |
| 11090967865 | Tragedy | A serious form of drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character | 129 | |
| 11090970377 | myth | A traditional story about gods, ancestors, or heroes, told to explain the natural world or the customs and beliefs of a society. | 130 | |
| 11090974015 | Literary Atmosphere | The emotional nod created by the entirety of a literary work, established partly by the setting and partly by the author's choice of objects that are described. Even such elements as a description of the weather can contribute to it. Frequently it foreshadows events. Perhaps it can create a mood. | 131 |
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| 11372932646 | Uncropped | not cut down | 0 | |
| 11372932647 | whorl | a fingerprint pattern that resembles a bull's-eye | 1 | |
| 11372934210 | decorum | proper behavior | 2 | |
| 11372939036 | complacent | self-satisfied | 3 | |
| 11372939037 | intuition | an effortless, immediate, automatic feeling or thought, as contrasted with explicit, conscious reasoning | 4 | |
| 11372943468 | vendor | (n.) a person who sells something | 5 | |
| 11372943469 | solemn | serious | 6 | |
| 11372945573 | smitten | very much in love | 7 | |
| 11372948984 | career | An occupation undertaken for a significant period of a person's life and with opportunities for progress. | 8 | |
| 11372948985 | flay | to whip; to remove skin | 9 | |
| 11372950816 | confidential | communicated in trust; secret; private | 10 | |
| 11372950817 | commonplace | ordinary | 11 | |
| 11372952683 | covetous | greedy | 12 | |
| 11372953868 | serene | calm, peaceful | 13 | |
| 11372956350 | unaccountably | without apparent explanation | 14 | |
| 11372956351 | refuse | garbage | 15 | |
| 11372958710 | infer | to find out by reasoning; to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought; to hint, suggest, imply | 16 | |
| 11372959749 | degradation | quality level | 17 | |
| 11372959750 | rustic | (adj.) country-like; simple, plain; awkward; (n.) one who lives in the country | 18 | |
| 11372960612 | rapture | A state of great joy, delight, or love | 19 | |
| 11372964904 | metaphoric | used in a symbolic or non-literal way | 20 | |
| 11372969907 | convention | a way in which something is usually done | 21 |
AP Literature Flashcards
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| 9883051363 | allegory | a work that functions on a symbolic level | 0 | |
| 9883092895 | alliteration | the repetition of initial consonant sounds | 1 | |
| 9883111336 | climax | the turning point of action or character in a literary work, highest moment | 2 | |
| 9883126222 | connotation | the interpretive level of a word based on its associated images rather than its literal meaning | 3 | |
| 9883137881 | deus ex machina | Greek invention, the god from the machine who appears at the end of the play to resolve loose ends. | 4 | |
| 9883153829 | epigram | a brief witty poem | 5 | |
| 9883159366 | epiphany | when a person receives a spiritual idea into their life | 6 | |
| 9883186252 | paradox | a contradiction or problem | 7 | |
| 9883193732 | hyperbole | extreme exaggeration | 8 | |
| 9883199345 | irony | an unexpected twist or contrast between what happens and what was intended or expected to happen | 9 | |
| 9883212916 | oxymoron | an image of contradictory elements which nevertheless reflects an underlying truth | 10 | |
| 9883225792 | acquiescence | agreeing with something without question | 11 | |
| 9883232721 | soliloquy | a speech in a play which is used to reveal the character's inner thoughts to the audience | 12 | |
| 9883273609 | sonnet | a 14-line poem with a prescribed rhyme scheme in iambic pentameter | 13 | |
| 9883302733 | satire | a mode of writing based on ridicule, which criticizes the foibles and follies of society without necessarily offering a solution | 14 | |
| 9883346383 | understatement | the opposite of an exaggeration | 15 | |
| 9883399332 | candid | truthful, straightforward, honest | 16 | |
| 9883419402 | farcical | ludicrous, absurd, mocking | 17 | |
| 9883437174 | obsequious | overly obedient and/or submissive | 18 | |
| 9883483840 | pretentious | affected, artificial, rhetorical | 19 | |
| 9883495250 | vindictive | vengeful, spiteful, bitter | 20 | |
| 9883501597 | whimsical | quaint, playful, mischievous | 21 | |
| 9883508832 | world-weary | bored, cynical, tired | 22 | |
| 9883513325 | wretched | miserable, despairing | 23 | |
| 9883515516 | witty | clever, quick witted | 24 |
AP Literature Vocab Flashcards
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| 10580227198 | glean | to collect carefully and gradually | 0 | |
| 10580227199 | brazen | bold | 1 | |
| 10580227200 | compunction | anxiety caused by guilt | 2 | |
| 10580227201 | edict | a proclamation issued that has the effect of law | 3 | |
| 10580227202 | sepulcher | a tomb or grave | 4 | |
| 10656136792 | suppliant | humbly emploring | 5 | |
| 10656136793 | tumult | confusion and disorder | 6 | |
| 10656136794 | admonish | to caution against | 7 | |
| 10656136795 | licentious | lacking moral restraint | 8 | |
| 10656136796 | pecuniary | relating to money | 9 | |
| 10746982255 | subversive | disruptive | 10 | |
| 10746982256 | vacuous | lacking intelligence | 11 | |
| 10746982257 | capricious | unpredictable | 12 | |
| 10746982258 | efficacy | effectiveness | 13 | |
| 10746982259 | vacillate | to be indecisive | 14 | |
| 10815101932 | corroborate | to support a claim | 15 | |
| 10815101933 | inexorable | unstoppable | 16 | |
| 10815101934 | nefarious | evil | 17 | |
| 10815101935 | torrid | passionate | 18 | |
| 10815101936 | blasé | indifferent due to overuse | 19 | |
| 10953851285 | cajole | to persuade by flattery | 20 | |
| 10953851286 | choleric | irritable | 21 | |
| 10953851287 | encumber | to burden | 22 | |
| 10953851288 | feckless | irresponsible and ineffective | 23 | |
| 10953851289 | impasse | a stalemate | 24 | |
| 11059281404 | indolent | lazy | 25 | |
| 11059281405 | pernicious | deadly | 26 | |
| 11059281406 | salubrious | healthy | 27 | |
| 11059281407 | repartee | a witty conversation | 28 | |
| 11059281408 | effusive | gushy | 29 | |
| 11147127058 | copious | abundant | 30 | |
| 11147127059 | adulation | glorification | 31 | |
| 11147127060 | surfeit | surplus | 32 | |
| 11147127061 | pusillanimous | lacking courage | 33 | |
| 11147127062 | allay | to diminish fear | 34 | |
| 11367561813 | mitigate | to lessen | 35 | |
| 11367561814 | palpitate | to beat rapidly | 36 | |
| 11367561815 | arduous | difficult | 37 | |
| 11367561816 | inundate | to overwhelm | 38 | |
| 11367561817 | prostrate | to lay facedown | 39 |
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